The dog ate my congressional district
by Washington Examiner | Feb 28, 2018, 12:01 AM The area west of Bethesda Country Club, in Maryland, is a lovely suburb. Cherry trees shed pink blossoms on manicured lawns that spread out from beautiful homes, all of which cost more than a million dollars. Doctors, lawyers, ambassadors, and lobbyists live in this part of Potomac.
About 160 miles away, a two and a half hour drive, is Garrett County, Md. The median home there costs $169,000. Less than one in five adults has a bachelor’s degree. It’s rural, and it would be accurate to call it Appalachia.
So what does Garrett County have in common with these most affluent parts of Bethesda and Potomac? Nothing — except a creative act of geometry that has drawn them into the same congressional district. It's part of a grander scheme concocted by Democrats in the state to make sure there will never be more than one Republican representing a congressional seat in the state. Adjacent to that district is the one that extends from the Village of Chevy Chase, which abuts the District of Columbia and has an average home value of $1.5 million, all the way to rural Pennsylvania.
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